Montae
Nicholson.
Montae
Nicholson.
Michigan St.· 6'2"· 212 lb· 4.42s 40
Fangio two-high, Cover-3 match, and quarters schemes, which prioritize versatility and coverage skills from the safety position.
Immediate special teams impact player with the potential to develop into a starting free safety, or a versatile chess piece in sub-packages.
Pure single-high safety systems that constantly require a deep, post-snap read and break on the ball.
Nicholson's athletic profile and coverage ability make him an intriguing fit for modern defensive schemes that value interchangeable safeties.
Relative Athletic Score (Kent Lee Platte) benchmarks combine/pro-day numbers against every measured prospect at the position since 1987. 10.00 is elite; 5.00 is average.
— — — positional median (p50)
- 40 yd
- 4.42sp50
- Vertical
- 35inp50
- Broad jump
- 125inp50
- Three-cone
- —s
- Shuttle
- —s
- Bench
- —rep
| Yr | Team | G | Tkl | Sk | Int | PD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Michigan State | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | Michigan State | 11 | 86 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Career | — | 25 | 86 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.